Anthony Patten

Anthony Patten is one of the firm’s Energy Industry Leaders and a partner in the Project Development and Finance practice. He is also the Head of the firm’s Oil and Gas Group.

He focuses his practice on corporate, project development and finance work in the international oil and gas industry and has more than two decades of experience advising on oil and gas mandates globally, including in Africa, North and South America, Europe and Australasia and across the entire value chain.

PETRONAS in its $7 billion refinery and petrochemical joint venture with Saudi Aramco in relation to the RAPID Project in Malaysia.

Golar LNG and One LNG on the development of the Fortuna FLNG project in Equatorial Guinea.

The sponsors (Pertamina, Marubeni and Sojitz) on the Jawa 1 LNG to power project in Indonesia.

Mubadala Petroleum on a range of upstream oil and gas transactions in the South East Asia region.

Golar Power on the development of the Porto de Sergipe LNG-to-Power project in Brazil.

Qualifications

Education

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Commerce

Admissions

Victoria, Australia

England and Wales

Law Society of Western Australia

Of Note

Professional Activities

Member, AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators)

Awards & Accolades

Recognized as a Leading Individual for Energy and Natural Resources: International in Singapore by Chambers Asia-Pacific (2017-2020)

Recognized as a Leading Individual for Energy: Foreign Firms in Singapore by Legal 500 (2017-2020)

Recognized as a Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer for Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development and Project Finance by IFLR 1000 (2015-2020)

Clients tell Chambers Asia Pacific that “As Head of their Oil and Gas practice, Anthony has built up a team that fits us very well. He demonstrates his experience when we are facing difficult issues and it seems there are no alternatives, and he magically produces one. We are very lucky to have him as our relationship partner.” (2020)

Other

Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Anthony worked as senior in house counsel with Royal Dutch Shell plc (in the U.K. and Dubai) and with other leading international law firms